• Jesse@aus.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    @nicklockwood @TDCN @Showroom7561 no, it’s just politically impossible to mandate speed limiters. Governments tried 50yrs ago and haven’t tried again since. Car manufacturers want people to know they can speed. It’s all over their marketing.

    • Nick Lockwood@mastodon.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      @jessta @TDCN @Showroom7561 if they really wanted to they could use the traffic camera network that already tracks numbers plates to do average speed checks on every car and issue fines automatically. I suspect they don’t because then traffic would grind to a halt.

      • TDCN
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Why would it grind to a haltm I see no reason for this. People just need to drive the speed limit. In Norway for example they have cameras at the begining of long stretches of highway and a camera at the end and if your average speed is higher than allowed it automatically sends you a fine. Those stretches of road are soooo nice to drive because everyone are driving the same speed and it’s so smooth